2016 Raymond Chardonnay Generations

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 93 points

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  6/27/2020 - I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A Zoom tasting of Syrah and Grenache wines.: Syrah and Grenache tasting featuring the following wines:
  
  – 2016 Raymond Generations Chardonnay (starter wine)
  – 2013 Chris Ringland Dimchurch
  – 2012 domaine hauvette les baus de Provence cuvée cornaline
  – 2013 K Vintners Syrah River Rock Vineyard
  – 2014 Tor Napa Valley Syrah Rogers La Herradura
  – 2015 Cave de Tain Hermitage - Grand Classique
  – 2013 Herman Story Grenache On The Road
  
  All wines single blind and poured at around 3:30 pm into jars, then to transported and drank from 6:00-9:00. Group's top 3: Number 3 - 2012 domaine hauvette les baus de Provence cuvée cornaline; Number 2 - 2013 Herman Story Grenache On The Road; and Group's WOTN - 2013 Chris Ringland Dimchurch. My order: WOTN 2013 Chris Ringland Dimchurch; (2) 2012 domaine hauvette les baus de Provence cuvée cornaline; (3) (tied) 2013 Herman Story Grenache On The Road; (3) (tied) 2013 K Vintners Syrah River Rock Vineyard; (5) 2015 Cave de Tain Hermitage - Grand Classique; and (6) 2014 Tor Napa Valley Syrah Rogers La Herradura.
  
  – 2016 Raymond Generations Chardonnay: Delicious Chardonnay. Rich, and buttery, with plenty of oak but all offset by golden fruits, mostly apple and pear, Nose was filled with brioche, sea shell and apple blossom, with notes of toast and grass. Wine was creamy, but had some liveliness due to acidity. finish was medium long and showed vanilla, butterscotch and burnt toast with flashes of saline and limestone. Very nice Chardonnay that should further improve, but is drinking quite well now. Solid 93 points with room to improve another point with additional bottle age.
  
  A very nice Chardonnay that won't disappoint!

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